# Vivien Roggero

> Vivien Roggero builds technology ventures and explores how artificial intelligence may develop the characteristics of a civilization.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://vivienroggero.com/): Vivien Roggero builds technology ventures and explores how artificial intelligence may develop the characteristics of a civilization.
- [About](https://vivienroggero.com/about): The story of Vivien Roggero, from an early 8086 computer to technology leadership, entrepreneurship, and the future of AI.
- [Ventures](https://vivienroggero.com/ventures): Viorant, Vioformat, and Aegis, the current ventures and initiatives of Vivien Roggero.
- [Speaking and Lectures](https://vivienroggero.com/speaking): Selected conference talks and university guest lectures by Vivien Roggero across Asia.
- [Writing](https://vivienroggero.com/writing): Personal writing by Vivien Roggero, kept separate from Viorant's Civilizing Intelligence publication.
- [Beyond the Work](https://vivienroggero.com/beyond-the-work): Tea, guqin, retro computing, food, travel, and family in the life of Vivien Roggero.
- [Executive Coaching](https://vivienroggero.com/executive-coaching): Executive coaching and advisory for technology founders, executives, and senior leaders with Vivien Roggero.
- [The Art of Conscious Transformation](https://vivienroggero.com/book): The Art of Conscious Transformation by Vivien Roggero, a book about self-awareness, resilience, freedom, and deliberate change.
- [Legacy Articles](https://vivienroggero.com/blog): Five preserved articles by Vivien Roggero, retained at their original URLs without promotional calls to action.
- [Contact](https://vivienroggero.com/contact): Contact Vivien Roggero about speaking, executive advisory, ventures, media, or collaboration.
- [Privacy](https://vivienroggero.com/privacy): How vivienroggero.com handles privacy: no accounts, consent-based analytics and LinkedIn measurement, and email used only to reply to inquiries.
- [Terms](https://vivienroggero.com/terms): General terms for using vivienroggero.com, including use of content, external links, and the absence of professional advice.

## Legacy articles
- [Balancing Work and Family: Strategies for Working Parents](https://vivienroggero.com/blog/balancing-work-and-family-strategies-for-working-parents): As a working parent, balancing work and family responsibilities is a challenge. Here are some ways you can do it!
- [20 Mental Health Games and Activities to Boost Well-being](https://vivienroggero.com/blog/15-engaging-mental-health-games-and-activities-to-boost-well-being): Here are some games that can boost mental health, fostering self-awareness, empathy, and resilience in all ages through fun, interactive activities!
- [Understanding Personal Freedom: What it Means and Why it Matters](https://vivienroggero.com/blog/understanding-personal-freedom-what-it-means-and-why-it-matters): Explore the limits and challenges of personal freedom, and discover how it promotes individuality, creativity, and progress.
- [Why Is Individual Freedom Important & How Do You Get It?](https://vivienroggero.com/blog/why-is-individual-freedom-important): Discover the significance of individual freedom and learn practical steps to attain it in this comprehensive guide.
- [Personal Transformation Following Life-Altering Experiences](https://vivienroggero.com/blog/personal-transformation-following-life-altering-experiences): Explore Personal Transformation Following Life-Altering Experiences, embracing change, resilience, and self-discovery for a new beginning.

## Canonical public facts
- Role: Technology entrepreneur, futurist, and executive advisor
- Current ventures: Viorant, Vioformat, and Aegis
- Core inquiry: How artificial intelligence could develop the characteristics of a civilization
- Technology origin: Built a first computer around an Intel 8086 at age eight and learned BASIC on DOS
- Education: Two bachelor's degrees in Information Technology, plus master's degrees in Marketing and International Business
- Languages: French, English, and Chinese
- Lived in: France, Germany, Indonesia, and Taiwan
- Personal: Husband and father of two

## Ventures
- [Viorant](https://viorant.ai): AI infrastructure focused on giving agents a clearer path from definition to deployment and operation.
- [Vioformat](https://vioformat.org): An open, framework-neutral artifact format that packages what an AI agent knows, does, and remembers, with integrity and provenance metadata.
- [Aegis](https://aegis.viorant.ai): A venture in development. More information will be shared when the work is ready for public release.

## Open source
- [Taiwan Kids Atlas des Merveilles](https://github.com/VivienRg/Taiwan-Kids-Atlas-des-Merveilles): A community-driven map of family-friendly activities and destinations, filterable by category, region, and age group. It currently covers outings within an hour of Zhongli, Taiwan.
- [DocShuttle](https://github.com/VivienRg/docshuttle): A self-hosted document portal built as a single Cloudflare Worker. It turns Google Drive folders into a searchable portal protected by Cloudflare Zero Trust, so viewers never need a Google account.

## Selected speaking and lectures
- 2020: Tech in Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Industry conference.
- 2020: MarTech HK, Hong Kong. Industry conference.
- 2024: President University, Jakarta, Indonesia. University guest lecture.
- 2026: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. University guest lecture.
- 2026: National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan. University guest lecture.

## Machine-readable
- [Full text for language models](https://vivienroggero.com/llms-full.txt): every page summary, the book, and all legacy articles in plain text
- [Structured profile](https://vivienroggero.com/agent.json): public profile as JSON
- [Sitemap](https://vivienroggero.com/sitemap.xml)

## Optional
- [Personal writing](https://writing.vivienroggero.com): Vivien's personal Substack, editorially independent from Viorant
- [Viorant](https://viorant.ai): company publication Civilizing Intelligence